permeable

From Middle French perméable, from Latin permeābilis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)miəbəl/

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permeable (comparative more permeable, superlative most permeable)

1. Able to be permeated; absorbing or allowing the passage of fluids.

   Synonym: water-permeable

   Antonyms: impermeable, impervious, nonpermeable

   permeable strata

   Rainwater sinks through permeable rock to form an underground reservoir.

2. (by extension) Allowing the passage of persons, information, or other things, especially when such passage occurs despite hopes or expectations otherwise.

   Synonym: penetrable

   Antonyms: impermeable, impenetrable, nonpermeable

   permeable borders

   permeable boundaries

• porous

Borrowed from Latin permeābilis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pər.meˈab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [peɾ.meˈa.ble]

permeable m or f (masculine and feminine plural permeables)

1. permeable

   Antonym: impermeable

• permeabilitat

From Latin permeābilis.

• IPA^(key): /peɾmeˈable/ [peɾ.meˈa.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: per‧me‧a‧ble

permeable m or f (masculine and feminine plural permeables)

1. permeable

   Antonym: impermeable

• “permeable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014